Dispensing containers for pressuresensitive tape



J. TAYLOR June 5, 1956 DISPENSING CONTAINERS FOR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPEFiled Nov. 9, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR JAMES TAYLOR Jv TAYLOR June5, 1956 DISPENSING CONTAINERS FOR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TAPE 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Filed Nov. 9, 1953 7 INVENTOR.

JAMES TAYLOR firm/mar United States Patent DISPENSING CONTAINERS FORPRESSURE- SENSITIVE TAPE James Taylor, East St. Louis, Ill., assignor toMidwest Art Publishers, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of MissouriApplication November 9, 1953, Serial No. 391,109

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-52) This invention relates in general to containersand more particularly to a dispensing container for pressure-sensitivetape.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a container forsupporting, displaying and dispensing pre ssure-sensitive tape from aplurality of dilferent rolls thereof so that the user may have availablea variety of different kinds of tape in varying colors, artisticdesigns, or widths and may select a piece of pressure-sensitive tapefrom any one of such rolls.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a dispensingcontainer of the type stated in which the several diiferently coloredand variously decorated rolls of pressure-sensitive tape are displayedvisibly and attractively.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a dispensingcontainer of the type stated in which the rolls of tape are convenientlyand securely housed and thus maintained in usable condition as long asany tape remains on any one or more of the several rolls.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a displaycontainer of the type stated which can be manufactured in fiat orso-called knocked-down condition and may be readily set up for use whenit is desired to form a package therewith.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in thenovel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of a dispensingcontainer constructed in accordance with and embodying the presentinvention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the interior roll-holding filler forming apart of the present invention;

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the display container andfiller in set-up or operative position;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 44 of Figure3;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the display container in assembledrelation;

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 6-6 of Figure5;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken along line77 of Figure 5;

Figure 8 i a perspective view of the display container in closedposition; and

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 99 of Figure 8,

Referring now in more detail and by reference characters to thedrawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention. A designates a display container blank which is die-cut orotherwise suitably formed from heavy paper or cardboard of a suitablesize, texture and composition. The blank A integrally includes a backpanel 1, end panels 2, 3, a front panel 4, interlocking bottom-formingtabs 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively joined to the back panel 1, end panel2, front panel 4, and end panel 3, being separated therefrom merely byconventional scorelines to facilitate folding. The blank also includes atop panel or closure wall 9 provided along its longitudinal edge marginwith a closure tab 10 and further being provided adjacent itslongitudinal margin with an elongated rectangular opening or window 11which is covered by a transparent rectangular section 12 of cellophaneor other similar material which is adhesively secured thereto around itsmargin.

The blank A also integrally includes upper end-wall tabs 13, 14, havingmarginally projecting cars 13', 14', and being respectively connected tothe upper margins of the end-walls 2, 3, by conventional scorelines andintegrally connected to the upper margin of the front panel 4 acrossconventional scorelines is a front wall flap 15. The front Wall panel 4and flap 15 are mutually provided with a rectangular cut-out or opening16 which in efiect straddles the scoreline between the panel 4 and flap15 substantially as shown in Figure 1.

Also provided for cooperation with the blank A, when the latter isfolded up into container forming position, is a blank B, likewise formedof suitable paper or cardboard and integrally including an interiorlylocated back panel 17 defined by four intersecting scorelines andconnected along its margins to a flap 18, a top panel 19 and side panels20, 20, the latter being provided with large identically-sized circularapertures a, a, respectively, and flaps 21, 22, 23, and 24 and 21', 22',23', and 24, respectively. The flaps 21, 21 are separated from theintermediately lying flap 18 by slits 25, 25 and similarly, the seriesof flaps 22, 23, 24 and the series of flaps 22, 23, and 24', arerespectively endwise connected to each other by scorelines and separatedfrom the intermediate portions of the blank B by slits 26, 26. Finally,the top panel 19 is provided with a pair of spaced parallel slots 27, 27and along its outer margin with a panel-forming flap 28 which is in turnprovided on its other margin with a securement flap 29.

The blank A and filler B are folded up for use into container-formingposition as shown in Figure 3. As the blank A is folded up the flap 15is folded down against the inner face of the front panel 4. In theprocess of so doing, an elongated thin metallic strip 30 is insertedtherebetween. The strip 30 has a length precisely equal to thelongitudinal dimension of the panel 4 and an overall width equal to thedistance between the fold line, the line at the bottom margin of thepanel 4, and the lower margin of the die-cut opening 16. Along itslongitudinal margin the metallic strip 30 is provided with a series ofteeth or serrations 31. The length of this series of serrations 31 issubstantially equal to the length of the die-cut opening 16 so that whenthe container is in set-up or assembled relation the serrations or teeth31 will project upwardly for a short distance above and extend along thelower margin of the U-shaped opening formed by the die-cut aperture 16when the panel 4 and the flap 15 are folded down against each other, asshown in Figure 3.

The filler B is provided with a spirally wound paper tube 32 inserted atits opposite ends through the apertures a, a and provided along itsintermediate length with a series of endwise alined rolls ofpressure-sensitive tape R. The rolls R are arranged in alternately woundrelation along the roller 32, that is to say, the first roll R (countingfrom left to right in Figure 3) and every subsequent odd numbered rollin sequence will be placed upon the supporting roller 32 so that it willin effect be wound in one direction and, correspondingly, the secondroll R and each successive even numbered roll, will be placed upon thesupporting roller 32 so that it will, in effect, be wound in theopposite direction. Thus, as

tape is pulled or removed from the various rollers the tape will comefrom the top of the odd numbered rolls and from the bottom of the evennumbered rolls. It should be understood in this connection that thisarrangement may be varied to suit the requirements of the particularpackage being constructed, the significant factor merely being that theoff-feeding direction of the pressure-sensitive tape be alternated indirectly adjacent rolls R.

The set-up filler B is inserted within the set-up blank A and theprojecting tabs 13', 14 of the fiaps 13, 14 are inserted through theslots 27, 27' substantially as shown in Figure 5. Finally, the top panelor closure forming element 9 and the flap thereof 10 may be folded downand inserted as a closure across the top of the container in the mannershown in Figures 8 and 9 making a complete package in which the variousrolls R are visibly displayed through the window 11 and from whichselected sections of tape may readily be dispensed in the mannerillustrated in Figure 6. pulled oflf it'may be torn or severed againstthe serrations 31. The alternation in direction of winding of theseveral rolls R facilitates manual selection and keeps adjacent portionsof tape from becoming interengaged or stuck together.

It should be understood that changes and modifications in the form,construction, arrangement, and combinatin of the several parts of thedispensing containers for pressure-sensitive tape may be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without departing fromthe nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A tape dispenser package comprising a rectangular container havingspaced parallel end walls and a front wall extending transverselytherebetween, a tubular member mounted at its end in and extendingbetween the end walls, and a plurality of rolls of pressure-sensitivetape rotatably mounted on the tubular member arranged in side-by-sidecontiguous relation and in such manner that the direction of winding isopposite in adjacent rolls.

When a suitable length has been 2. A tape dispenser package comprising arectangular tions of the front wall being provided with folded-overflaps which extend downwardly along the interior face of the front wallon either side of the U-shaped opening when the package is in operativeposition, a tubular member mounted at its end in and extending betweenthe end walls, a plurality of rolls of pressure-sensitive tape rotatablymounted on the tubular member arranged in side-by-side contiguousrelation and in such manner that the direction of winding is opposite inadjacent rolls, and a relatively wide tearing strip mounted fiatwisealong the interior face of the front wall with its ends retentively heldby the folded-over flaps and having serrations projecting upwardly fromthe lower margin of the U-shaped opening thereby providing an edgeagainst which a section of the tape may readily be severed.

3. A tape dispenser package comprising a rectangular container havingspaced parallel end walls, a bottom wall and a front wall extendingtransversely therebetween and being cut out downwardly from its uppermargin in the provision of a substantially U-shaped opening, theremaining portions of the front wall being provided with folded-overflaps which extend downwardly along the interior face of the front wallon either side of the U-shaped opening when the package is in operativeposition, a tubular member mounted at its end in and extending betweenthe end walls, a plurality of rolls of pressure-sensitive tape rotatablymounted on the tubular member arranged in side-by-side relation and insuch manner that the direction of winding is opposite in adjacent rolls,and a relatively wide tearing strip mounted fiatwise along the interiorface of the front wall with its ends retentively held by the folded-overflaps and having serrations projecting upwardly from the lower margin ofthe U-shaped opening, said strip furthermore having its lower edgeresting against the bottom wall thereby providing a stable and firmcutting edge against which a section of the tape may readily be severed.

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